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TRiSS News and Events
New Director of TRiSS Appointed
With Prof. Eleanor Dennys term ending as director of TRiSS, a coffee morning was held to thank her for her excellent directorship at TRiSS, and to welcome the incoming director – Prof. Ronan Lyons. Amongst those in attendance were the Head of Schools from across the Social Sciences, and the Dean of the Faculty of the Arts Humanities and Social Sciences.
Our BiteSized Talks and Pizza continue in October
We will have Prof. Philip Lawton from the department of Geography in the School of Natural Sciences on Gentrification and Urban development, Ciaran Devlin from the Department of Sociology will discuss Virtual Futures, Amy Stapleton from the School of Social Work and Social Policy will discuss the experience of separated young people in France
Symposium on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Symposium will take place in the TRiSS seminar room on the 3rd of December, the International Day of People with Disabilities
Trinity ranked in 37th place in Times Higher Education Europe Teaching Rankings 2019
Trinity College Dublin has been ranked in 37th place in the just published Times Higher Education Europe Teaching Rankings 2019..
Dr Pablo Gracia and Cadhla McDonnell have been awarded Marie Sklodowska-Curie funding
The project ("Researching and Promoting Positive Adult and Child Mental Health and Wellbeing in Lone-Parent Families") will combine cohort longitudinal data with an intervention study, using objective indicators of parent and child stress and mental well-being, to better understanding and promoting the well-being of single parents and their children.
Professor Andrea Guariso Publishes in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Professor Andrea Guariso, with M Björkman (SSE), J Svensson (SU), and D Yanagizawa-Drott (University of Zurich), has published the paper titled "Reducing Child Mortality in the Last Mile: Experimental Evidence on Community Health Promoters in Uganda" in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.
Dr. Sarah O Brien, CELLT Director and Assistant Professor in the Centre for Languages, Speech and Communications Studies, will partner with a team of professors from Universidade Federal Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro) in a CAPES PRINT funded project . This ground-breaking study explores multilingualism, linguistic rights and social inequality. The project aims at developing international research collaboration so as to reflect on language inequalities at a global level.